While Wu An was struggling with the fish, A Qing, Lao Mai, and Mai Hangyu were also catching fish one after another.
Ah Qing's knees were so hard they were touching the side of the boat. With Lao Mai's guidance, she finally managed to regain her balance. Mai Hangyu was in a similar situation.
Ah Qing exclaimed expectantly, "What kind of fish are down there? How can they be so strong?"
Old Mai shook his head.
He couldn't say for sure either. This isn't the seaside; you can catch any kind of fish here. But for a fish to be this strong, it must be quite big.
It was quite a struggle for the four of them to pull it.
No one can help anyone else.
After a while, the fish was finally pulled up. It was about a meter long and was still thrashing about on the surface of the sea. Wu An couldn't make out what kind of fish it was, but he exclaimed, "The fish that ran so far is quite big."
Once on the surface, the fish's struggles weakened considerably, and he easily pulled it ashore. He didn't dare touch it directly, as the fish's teeth were rather frightening.
Old Mike, who was on his left, saw it and said, "It's a sea wolf fish."
Wu An looked at the fish, which resembled a stainless steel pillar, cylindrical in shape, with black vertical stripes on both sides of its body; it looked quite attractive.
A mouthful of rotten teeth ruined everything.
He recently learned that the fish's scientific name is barracuda. It is called the sea wolf fish for two reasons: first, because of its teeth, which are very sharp and protrude like wolf teeth; and second, because this fish is ferocious and highly aggressive, and always appears in groups. Even when encountering sharks, the fish are not afraid.
This is the "wolf" of the sea, hence the name sea wolf fish.
Not long after.
Old Mai and his crew also pulled up sea wolf fish; needless to say, there was a school of sea wolf fish right below the fishing boat.
Looking at the large wolffish that took quite a while to pull up, Aqing asked, "This fish must be quite valuable, right?"
Old Mai laughed and said, "Then you're mistaken."
"This fish isn't worth much; it's not even as valuable as a regular sea bass."
"It's only about ten yuan per kilogram."
Aqing was immediately disappointed.
This is just too awful.
Wu An smiled and said, "The sea wolf fish we pulled up are all quite big, averaging about twelve or thirteen pounds each."
"This one alone is worth a hundred or two hundred yuan."
"That's not bad either."
Mai Hangyu chuckled and said, "This fish was quite a satisfying pull."
"It's really exciting."
"I like."
Ah Qing didn't say anything. To him, what good was excitement? He was more interested in catching valuable sea fish, because that was how he could make money.
Re-bait.
Lower the lever.
The fish was caught very quickly.
Old Mai smiled with satisfaction; it was the familiar connecting rod again.
With some effort, they pulled up another sea wolf fish.
It still weighs around ten pounds.
Wu An and his group were the same.
Half an hour later.
Aqing rubbed her arm: "Why are they all sea wolf fish?"
By now, they had pulled up an estimated dozen or so barracuda, weighing about 160 or 170 pounds, which would only be worth about 2,000 yuan in total.
He only got two hundred yuan!
Earning only 200 yuan in half an hour is too little!
Aqing wasn't very satisfied. If the "masses of working class" knew about this idea, they would probably scold him for "showing off and getting struck by lightning!"
Wu An wasn't very satisfied either. He had heard that you could catch deep-sea fish here, such as tiger grouper and other valuable grouper.
It's one thing to not be able to catch grouper, but what's with the barracuda that I caught in a row?
He guessed that it might be due to the value and luck of the fishing boat that the school of sea wolf fish happened to be swimming nearby and were forcibly contained by the fishing boat.
When other schools of fish noticed the presence of barracuda swimming around, they dared not approach and naturally kept their distance.
If the fishing boat knew what Wu An was thinking.
Not a buddy.
Should I leave?
There's not much to say.
Let's go fishing.
As long as you don't die from fishing.
Just fish them out of the water.
Wu An fished until noon, then, seeing that it was almost time, he decided to pack up his line and go into the boat awning to prepare a meal, since he knew he couldn't eat and drink to his heart's content on the boat.
It's just passable.
Start by steaming the rice.
We caught another smaller barracuda, which still weighed about seven or eight pounds. We decided to cook it in three ways: make soup from the bones, pan-fry half of the fish meat for salt and pepper, and braise the other part.
Add a side of water spinach with garlic, and you have a simple three-dish meal with soup.
There were also two dishes made by Gu Anran: braised pork and spicy crab, both hearty dishes, and their taste was naturally impeccable.
Ah Qing, her mouth greasy from eating, asked, "Brother, can I come to your house for meals more often in the future?"
Wu An shook his head, refusing decisively: "No."
Aqing: "..."
After dinner, Lao Mai and Xiao Mai went fishing. Perhaps the fishing gene is hereditary, as Mai Hangyu also really enjoys fishing, and they particularly like catching barracuda.
This fish is strong, and it's really fun to catch it.
The grandfather and grandson have been busy with the bed and breakfast lately, which is quite tiring. At least Mai Hangyu has the prospect of a future career to rely on, while the old man is just "working hard for his grandson".
Even when offered payment, Old Mai refused.
Since they enjoyed fishing, Wu An decided to let them fish to their heart's content.
He kept boosting the luck of the fishing boat, keeping the fish swarm near it.
Aqing asked, "Brother, aren't we going fishing?"
Wu An shook his head, looking at the uninhabited island not far away. He didn't know the name of the island, and neither did Lao Mai, so he simply named it "Panzi Island".
He said, "The tide is going out soon, let's go up to the island and take a look."
"Let the grandfather and grandson fish on the boat."
There were no waves today, and the sea was like a mirror. The deep blue water was beautiful, but it got a little creepy after a while.
If you fall in, and you can't swim, it would take you a long time to sink.
Wu An didn't dare to look too long and told Lao Mai to steer the fishing boat toward the island. They easily got onto the island, which wasn't very big. There were only a few trees in the center of the island, and not much vegetation.
Aside from fishermen, practically no one comes to this kind of island.
The tide had just receded, and the rocks were still a bit damp and cool, but the sun overhead was blazing hot, and even wearing a straw hat, it felt very hot.
Ah Qing found a large rock, climbed up it, looked around, and shouted, "Brother, it seems like there's no point in trying."
Wu An said, "Let's take a look around first."
It's already 2 PM, and I still have 58 luck points left.
They planned to return by 5 p.m. at the latest, which meant they had three hours left. In that short time, they definitely couldn't just fish.
We need to figure out how to use all that luck.
Now the fishing boats are keeping the barracuda firmly under control, preventing other schools of fish from getting close.
Fishing is out of the question.
We can only hope to find a place on this island where we can collect water from the beach.
Aqing wanted to move the water pump, but Wu An stopped him, saying, "It's not certain whether there are any puddles on this island. Don't bring it down only to find it unusable; that would be a waste of effort."
Aqing nodded and offered to walk along the beach, letting Wu An go to the center of the island.
The island is not very big.
Wu An quickly took a look around. The island was mainly composed of reefs, and there were quite a few oysters, whelks, and clams, but they were all worthless.
He doesn't have time for these things right now.
He found Aqing, who said, "There are a few small puddles, they're so small that we don't need a pump at all. I can just use a bucket to clean them up."
"However, I found some abalone."
As she spoke, Aqing took out a few abalone from the bucket.
Wu An was taken aback: "Where did you find it?"
Aqing pointed to the gentle rocky surface not far away and said, "It's right here. It was pulled out of the water. There are more in deeper places, but I didn't dare to keep pulling them out."
Wu An thought for a moment and said, "Come on, take me to see it."
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